Fishhook



' 1,533,092 G. D. B. BONBRIGHT April 14, 1925,

FISHHObK Filed March 16, 1922 l ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FISHHOOK.

Application filed March 16, 1922. Serial No. 544,267.

To all 20772 it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonsn D. B. BON- nnionr, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imp moments in Fishhooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

.cr description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvemen ,s in fish hooks, and has for its object to provit" a hook particularly adapted for Lt in angling tor large game fish, and in ich the bait used is of considerable size. and l able to be displaced when the fish strikes. To this end the invention consists in the provision of a hook embodying in addition to the ordinary barbed lower portion for scouring the fish, an additional bait-holding above the latter and i c integrally with the shank of the hook near the attaching end, the construction and arrangement of the hook being such that may be readily manufactured from a single piece of material.

in the accompanying drawings:

l igure 1 is a. perspective view of a hook embodying my improvement. and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the up or portion or attaching end of the shank.

lfilllllltll reference numerals throughout the reral riews indicate thesanie parts.

shown in the drawing, the device is d of a single piece of metal cut from d st el, the lower end of which is point- .d and cut at one side to form a barb 2 and hen bent into the usual form. The upper .ortion of the shank 1 is split longitudinally om the extreme end downward a short disat one side, and the narrower portion outwardly from the shank and propwardly substantially parallel with upper end to form an auxiliary hook or -liolding 5 prong 3, the upper end of which ened. The lower portion of this :iliary hook where it joins the shank rounded somewhat as shown and the pointed end extends substantially parallel with the shank so that the crotch between the two will be somewhat rounded rather than V shaped, this construction serving to more ance lent

eliiciently retain the bait and to assist in retaining it in position when, for instance, a fish strikes at the lower end of the hook. The extreme end of the shankis provided with a line engaging means such as the aperture 4 through which the wire or line 5 is passed and secured in anv usual'or preferrcd manner/ The function of the auxiliary prong or hook 3 is to engage the bait) which is impaled upon it, as well as upon the lower or main hook, so that the bait is always held in proper position upon the main or lower hook and will not become c etached. i

The hook described is not only eflicient for properly securing the bait and preventin g its detachmenteven when afish does not fully take the hook, but being constructedof a single piece of steel wire, afterwards tempered as usual, it is strong and not liable to be broken even if the fish should take the whole hook in its mouth.

The preferred manner of making the hook is to take a single piece of round steel wire. sharpened at one end, then the barb 1s formed in the usual way by slitting the sharpened end at oneside, then the upper end of the shank is split in any suitable way, the bait prong 3 sharpened and the extreme end of the shank bored to form the line attaching aperture 4 after which the hook is bent into the desired form and tempered in the usual manner. It is not of course necessary that the steps of manufacture be performed in the order stated, as they may as varied as required or to suit the particular method used by the manufacturer.

The construction is such that a strong hook 1 composed ofa single piece of steel may be readily formed and no soldering, brazing or connecting operations are required as heretofore.

I claim as my invention:

As an article of manufacture a fish hook consisting of a single piece of material and comprising a shank having'at its lower end a barbed hook andits upper portion split in two parts, one having an attaching eye at the end in alinement with the shank and the other partbentoutwardly and extended substantially parallel with the first mentioned part and having its end sharpened to constitute a bar-bless bait impaling prong.

GEORGE D. B. BONBRIGHT. 

